High Wind, W Cowlitz/Wiakiakum/E Pacific
- When
- February 29, 9:15 AM PST
- Where
- W Cowlitz/Wiakiakum/E Pacific forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
High Wind in Washington, February 29, 2000
Strong local winds with gusts to 56 mph were reported at Kelso.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
Strong local winds with gusts to 56 mph were reported at Kelso.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 29, 2000
- Hail in Missouri, February 29, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 29, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, February 29, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 29, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 29, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Wisconsin, February 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, February 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 29, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, February 29, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, February 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, February 29, 2000
More
Every storm in Washington in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5133622.